Online analytical processing precomputation engine optimization method based on object storage and application

ABSTRACT

The Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) precomputation engine optimization method based on an object storage, and application, and provides three optimization directions: reduction of an object renaming operation, data consistency check, and inversion of a logical path of an index file. A mapping relationship of a file before and after renaming is matched through a file mapping table added to a metadata layer, and a renaming operation on a bottom layer of a file system is reduced. Logical path inversion of a partition directory hierarchical structure of the file is corresponded to a prefix of the file in the object storage, and the object storage is rapidly queried and read. Logical verification is added to a read operation, a deletion operation, and a write operation, and the data consistency is checked.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to the technical field of data analysis, and inparticular to an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) precomputationengine optimization method based on an object storage, and application.

2. Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98

At present, Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) is a softwaretechnology, which enables an analyst to rapidly, consistently, andinteractively observe information from various aspects to achieve thepurpose of deeply understanding data. A main OLAP engine in the marketfocuses on three hot issues: data volume, performance and flexibility.

An OLAP precomputation engine based on open source Apache Kylin usesnative computation and storage of cloud to construct a rapid, flexible,cost-effective big data analysis application, and can be seamlesslyconnected with an existing data warehouse and cloud storage on thecloud, for example, Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Snowflake, and thelike. High-performance OLAP service on the cloud can not be separatedfrom the selection of a storage medium, and a storage solution on thecloud generally uses an object storage. Compared with a traditionalblock storage and file storage, distributed architecture used by thestorage solution on the cloud has the characteristics of mass storageand high concurrency. However, due to the use of network communication,there is a network IO limitation when accessing the same resourceconcurrently. In addition, the object storage does not allow data to bemodified according to a fragment, and only an entire object can bemodified, which influences the write performance. With respect to a dataconsistency issue, Amazon S3 provides final consistency for certainoperations, therefore, new data may not be available immediately afteruploading, which may result in incomplete data loading or loadingoutdated data.

Since the OLAP precomputation engine accelerates the query performancethrough a concept of exchanging time with space and has a highrequirement on the data accuracy and the data read-write performance,aiming at the characteristic of the object storage, the disclosureprovides an OLAP precomputation engine optimization method based on anobject storage, which optimizes a read-write mode of the OLAP engineduring the use of the object storage, improves the execution efficiencyof the engine and accelerates a response to an analysis requirement ofan upper-layer report system.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, the disclosure provides an Online Analytical Processing(OLAP) precomputation engine optimization method based on an objectstorage, and application. The technical solution is as follows.

In one aspect, the disclosure provides an OLAP precomputation engineoptimization method based on an object storage.

The method includes the following steps.

S1: an object renaming operation in the object storage is reduced.

S2: when an OLAP precomputation engine implements query in the objectstorage, a logical path of an index file is inverted.

S3: when the OLAP precomputation engine implements read, deletion, andwrite operations in the object storage, data consistency is checked.

Further, S1 includes the following detailed steps.

S1.1: on an application level of the OLAP engine, in a process ofmodifying and constructing a model and a new index, a file renamingmapping table is added to a metadata layer.

S1.2: after receiving a renaming request for renaming a file A as a fileB sent by the OLAP precomputation engine, a mapping relationship isadded between the file A before renaming and the file B after renamingto a file mapping table of the metadata layer.

S1.3: after receiving a query request for querying the file B sent bythe OLAP precomputation engine, the mapping relationship between thefile A and the file B is queried in the file renaming mapping table ofthe metadata layer, a record matched with the file B is converted intothe file A, and the file A is read in the object storage.

Further, S2 includes the following detailed steps.

S2.1: a path adaptation mechanism is added to retrieval logic of abottom layer of the OLAP engine, and logical path inversion of apartition directory hierarchical structure of the file is correspondedto a prefix of the file in the object storage.

S2.2: after receiving the query request sent by the OLAP precomputationengine, the logical path of the index file is inverted through the pathadaptation mechanism, and the file corresponding to the prefix is readin the object storage.

Further, in S3 that data consistency is checked, when the OLAP enginereads an object, a retry mechanism for controlling retry interval speedincrease is added.

Further, in S3 that data consistency is checked, logical verification isadded to the read operation, the deletion operation and the writeoperation, whether the file exists is checked before reading, whetherthe file does not exist is checked again after deleting the object, andresponsive to new construction of an object, and if the file exists, theobject can be newly constructed only after deleting the object.

Further, S3 that a read operation is performed and data consistency ischecked includes the following detailed steps.

S3.1.1: whether a file exists is checked; if the file does not exist,S3.1.2 is executed; and if the file exists, S3.1.4 is executed.

S3.1.2: whether the number of retries set by a retry mechanism isexceeded is judged; if the number of retries is not exceeded, S3.1.3 isexecuted; and if the number of retries is exceeded, the read operationis ended.

S3.1.3: waiting is performed according to a retry interval controlled bya system, S3.1.1 is returned to, and whether the file exists is checkedagain.

S3.1.4: a file read operation is executed.

Further, S3 that a deletion operation is performed and data consistencyis checked includes the following detailed steps.

S3.2.1: a deletion command is executed.

S3.2.2: whether the file exists is checked; if the file exists, S3.2.1is returned to execute the deletion command again; and if the file doesnot exist, the deletion operation is ended.

Further, S3 that a deletion operation is performed and data consistencyis checked includes the following detailed steps.

S3.3.1: whether the file exists is checked; if the file exists, S3.3.2is executed; and if the file does not exist, S3.3.3 is executed.

S3.3.2: a deletion command is executed; and S3.3.1 is returned to checkwhether the file exists again.

S3.3.3: a write command is executed.

S3.3.4: waiting is performed until the write command is finished.

S.3.3.5: whether the file exists is checked again; if the file does notexist, S3.3.3 is returned to execute the write command again; and if thefile exists, it is verified that the write operation is completed andending is performed.

In a second aspect, the disclosure provides an OLAP precomputationengine optimization system based on an object storage, applying theabove OLAP precomputation engine optimization method based on an objectstorage, including at least one of a file renaming conversion module, aninverted path conversion module, and a data consistency check module.

The file renaming conversion module is configured to match a mappingrelationship of a file before and after renaming through a file mappingtable added to a metadata layer, and reduce a renaming operation on abottom layer of a file system.

The inverted path conversion module is configured to add a pathadaptation mechanism to retrieval logic of the bottom layer of an OLAPengine, correspond logical path inversion of a partition directoryhierarchical structure of the file to a prefix of the file in the objectstorage; and implement rapid query and reading of the object storage.

The data consistency check module is configured to add logicalverification to a read operation, a deletion operation, and a writeoperation and check data consistency.

In a third aspect, the disclosure provides a storage medium having acomputer program stored therein. The computer program is executed toexecute the above OLAP precomputation engine optimization method basedon an object storage.

In a fourth aspect, the disclosure provides an OLAP precomputationengine optimization method based on an object storage, including thefollowing operations.

Operation instruction information is received, and any one operation ofa read operation, a deletion operation, and a write operation isperformed based on the operation instruction information.

Before performing an ending step of the deletion operation and the writeoperation, whether an object file exists is checked, if the object fileexists, whether the object file does not exist is checked again afterdeleting the object file, the subsequent ending step can be executedonly after checking that the object file does not exist.

When performing the read operation, whether the object file exists ischecked, if the object file exists, the file is read, and if the objectfile does not exist, a retry is performed.

The operation that when performing the read operation, whether theobject file exists is checked, if the object file exists, the file isread, and if the object file does not exist, a retry is performedincludes the following operations.

Whether the file exists is checked; if the file does not exist, S3.1.2is executed; and if the file exists, S3.1.4 is executed.

S3.1.2: whether the number of retries set by a retry mechanism isexceeded is judged; if the number of retries is not exceeded, S3.1.3 isexecuted; and if the number of retries is exceeded, the read operationis ended.

S3.1.3: waiting is performed according to a retry interval controlled bya system, S3.1.1 is returned to, and whether the file exists is checkedagain.

S3.1.4: a file read operation is executed.

Further before performing an ending step of the deletion operation andthe write operation, whether an object file exists is checked, if theobject file exists, whether the object file does not exist is checkedagain after deleting the object file, the following ending step can beexecuted only after checking that the object file does not exist.

S3.2.1: a deletion command is executed.

S3.2.2: whether the file exists is checked; if the file exists, S3.2.1is returned to execute the deletion command again; and if the file doesnot exist, the deletion operation is ended.

Before performing an ending step of the deletion operation and the writeoperation, whether an object file exists is checked, if the object fileexists, whether the object file does not exist is checked again afterdeleting the object file, the following ending step can be executed onlyafter checking that the object file does not exist.

S3.3.1: whether the file exists is checked; if the file exists, S3.3.2is executed; and if the file does not exist, S3.3.3 is executed.

S3.3.2: a deletion command is executed; and S3.3.1 is returned to checkwhether the file exists again.

S3.3.3: a write command is executed.

S3.3.4: waiting is performed until the write command is finished.

S.3.3.5: whether the file exists is checked again; if the file does notexist, S3.3.3 is returned to execute the write command again; and if thefile exists, it is verified that the write operation is completed andending is performed.

Further, the following steps are included.

S1.1: on an application level of the OLAP engine, in a process ofmodifying and constructing a model and a new index, a file renamingmapping table is added to a metadata layer.

S1.2: after receiving a renaming request for renaming a file A as a fileB sent by the OLAP precomputation engine, a mapping relationship isadded between the file A before renaming and the file B after renamingto a file mapping table of the metadata layer.

S1.3: after receiving a query request for querying the file B sent bythe OLAP precomputation engine, the mapping relationship between thefile A and the file B is queried in the file renaming mapping table ofthe metadata layer, a record matched with the file B is converted intothe file A, and the file A is read in the object storage.

Further, the following steps are included.

S2.1: a path adaptation mechanism is added to retrieval logic of abottom layer of the OLAP engine, and logical path inversion of apartition directory hierarchical structure of the file is correspondedto a prefix of the file in the object storage.

S2.2: after receiving the query request sent by the OLAP precomputationengine, the logical path of the index file is inverted through the pathadaptation mechanism, and the file corresponding to the prefix is readin the object storage.

In a fifth aspect, the disclosure provides an OLAP precomputation engineoptimization method based on an object storage, including the followingoperations.

A file renaming mapping table is added to an OLAP engine.

After receiving a renaming request for renaming a file A as a file Bsent by the OLAP precomputation engine, a mapping relationship betweenthe file A before renaming and the file B after renaming is added to afile mapping table of the metadata layer.

After receiving a query request for querying the file B sent by the OLAPprecomputation engine, the mapping relationship between the file A andthe file B is queried in the file renaming mapping table of the metadatalayer, a record matched with the file B is converted into the file A,and the file A is read in the object storage.

In a sixth aspect, the disclosure provides an OLAP precomputation engineoptimization apparatus based on an object storage, including a receivingmodule, a first checking module, and a second checking module.

The receiving module is configured to receive operation instructioninformation, and perform any one operation of a read operation, adeletion operation, and a write operation based on the operationinstruction information.

The first checking module is configured to, before performing an endingstep of the deletion operation and the write operation, check whether anobject file exists, if the object file exists, check whether the objectfile does not exist again after deleting the object file, wherein thesubsequent ending step can be executed only after checking that theobject file does not exist.

The second checking module is configured to, responsive to performingthe read operation, check whether the object file exists, if the objectfile exists, read the file, and if the object file does not exist,perform a retry.

In a seventh aspect, the disclosure provides an OLAP precomputationengine optimization apparatus based on an object storage, including amapping table adding module, a mapping relationship adding module, and amatching module.

The mapping table adding module is configured to add a file renamingmapping table to an OLAP engine.

The mapping relationship adding module is configured to, after receivinga renaming request for renaming a file A as a file B sent by the OLAPprecomputation engine, add a mapping relationship between the file Abefore renaming and the file B after renaming to a file mapping table ofthe metadata layer.

The matching module is configured to, after receiving a query requestfor querying the file B sent by the OLAP precomputation engine, querythe mapping relationship between the file A and the file B in the filerenaming mapping table of the metadata layer, convert a record matchedwith the file B into the file A, and read the file A in the objectstorage.

An eighth aspect of the embodiment of the disclosure provides anelectronic device, including: at least one processor, and a memory incommunication connection with the at least one processor, wherein thememory stores a computer program executable by the at least oneprocessor, the computer program being executed by the at least oneprocessor, so that the at least one processor executes various methodspossibly designed by the first aspect, the fourth aspect and the fifthaspect of the disclosure.

The disclosure provides an OLAP precomputation engine optimizationmethod based on an object storage, and application. Form threedirections: reduction of an object renaming operation, data consistencycheck, and inversion of a logical path of an index file, a read-writemode of the OLAP engine during the use of the object storage isoptimized, the execution efficiency of the engine is improved, aresponse to an analysis requirement of an upper-layer report system isaccelerated, and the problems existing in the conventional art aresolved. Index logic is constructed by utilizing the file mapping table,the renaming operation of object storage is reduced, and theconstruction efficiency is accelerated. The OLAP engine increases thethroughput of concurrent read by inverting the object path under largedata volume and high concurrency, so that the query performance isobviously improved. The OLAP engine ensures an optimization solutionwith high data consistency in a high concurrency read-write scene, sothat the situation that a task fails or a query result is inaccurate dueto data inconsistency in query construction is reduced. Based on thedisclosure, a high-efficiency OLAP computation query execution enginemay be constructed, the construction efficiency is improved, and a queryis accelerated.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings which constitute a part of the presentapplication are used to provide a further understanding of the presentapplication, so that other features, objects, and advantages of thepresent application become more apparent. The drawings of exemplaryembodiments of the present application and description thereof areprovided to explain the present application and are not intended tounduly limit the present application. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)precomputation engine optimization method based on an object storageprovided by the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a specific flow chart of reducing an object renaming operationin the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a specific flow chart of inverting a logical path of an indexfile in the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a specific flow chart of performing a read operation andchecking data consistency in the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a specific flow chart of performing a deletion operation andchecking data consistency in the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a specific flow chart of performing a write operation andchecking data consistency in the disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a structural composition diagram of an Online AnalyticalProcessing (OLAP) precomputation engine optimization system based on anobject storage provided by the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

To make the solutions of the present application clearer to thoseskilled in the art, the technical solutions in embodiments of thepresent application will be clearly and completely described below withreference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.Apparently, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodimentsof the present application and not all the embodiments. Based on theembodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtainedby those skilled in the art without involving any inventive effort fallwithin the protection scope of the present application.

It is to be noted that the terms “first”, “second”, and the like in thespecification and claims of the present application and in the abovedrawings are used to distinguish similar objects and unnecessarily todescribe a specific sequence or sequential order. It will be appreciatedthat such data may be interchangeable where appropriate, so that theembodiments of the present application described herein can beimplemented in a sequence except for those illustrated or describedherein have more ways to implement. Furthermore, the terms “include” and“having”, as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover anon-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, a method, a system, aproduct, or a device that includes a series of steps or elements and isnot necessarily limited to those expressly listed steps or elements, butmay contain other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent tosuch process, method, product, or device.

In the present application, orientations or positional relationshipsindicated by the terms “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, “front”,“rear”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer”, “middle”, “vertical”,“horizontal”, “transverse”, “longitudinal”, and the like are based onthe orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings.These terms are mainly used to better describe the present applicationand the embodiments thereof and are not intended to limit that anindicated device, element, or component necessarily has a particularorientation, or is necessarily constructed and operated in theparticular orientation.

Moreover, some of the above terms, in addition to being used to indicatethe orientation or positional relationship, may also be used to indicateother meanings, for example, the term “upper” may also be used toindicate an attachment or connection relationship in some situations.The specific meaning of those terms in the present application may beunderstood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specificsituations.

In addition, the term “a plurality of” should have the meaning of two ormore.

It is to be noted that the embodiments in the present application andthe features in the embodiments may be combined with one another withoutconflict. The present application will now be described below in detailwith reference to the drawings and the embodiments.

Embodiment 1

The embodiment 1 of the disclosure provides an OLAP precomputationengine optimization method based on an object storage, as shown in FIG.1 , including the following steps.

S1: an object renaming operation in the object storage is reduced.

When the disclosure is implemented, Amazon S3 is mainly used as theobject storage. The renaming operation in the object storage is actuallya copy and deletion operation. The copy and deletion operation isdifferent from an operation of only modifying an index file in a filestorage, the efficiency of the copy and deletion operation is very low,and the performance is influenced. For the direct modification of anobject name, a new object needs to be copied first, and then an originalobject is deleted. For a logical directory renaming operation, a fileunder a whole directory needs to be traversed first for copying, so thattime and space costs are relatively high. Therefore, the disclosureprovides an optimization direction of reducing the object renamingoperation. S1 of the disclosure includes the following detailed steps.

S1.1: on an application level of the OLAP engine, in a process ofmodifying and constructing a model and a new index, a file renamingmapping table is added to a metadata layer.

S1.2: after receiving a renaming request for renaming a file A as a fileB sent by the OLAP precomputation engine, a mapping relationship isadded between the file A before renaming and the file B after renamingto a file mapping table of the metadata layer, and the object storagedoes not need to be changed.

S1.3: after receiving a query request for querying the file B sent bythe OLAP precomputation engine, the mapping relationship between thefile A and the file B is queried in the file renaming mapping table ofthe metadata layer, a record matched with the file B is converted intothe file A, and the file A is read in the object storage.

FIG. 2 shows a specific flow of reducing an object renaming operation.According to S1 that a renaming operation on a bottom layer of a filesystem is reduced in the disclosure, the problem of poor performance ofthe renaming operation of the object storage is avoided.

S2: when an OLAP precomputation engine implements query in the objectstorage, a logical path of an index file is inverted.

The object storage does not physically have a directory hierarchicalstructure. Taking Amazon S3 as an example, all objects are distributedin each physical storage medium in the form of multiple copies accordingto an object key prefix. An Amazon S3 storage bucket may support 3500PUT/COPY/POST/DELETE or 5500 GET/HEAD requests per partition prefix persecond. Amazon S3 does not limit the number of the prefixes in thestorage bucket. The OLAP engine scans millions or more index files in alarge data volume and high concurrency query scene. The index files inthe OLAP engine are generally stored in fragments according to logicalpartition columns, and if the partition columns are not specified, theindex files are also fragmented according to a default size of the file,so that in one index, a large number of objects may exist in the sameprefix according to the data volume, a request limitation is liable totrigger, and further, the query is slowed down.

Aiming at the problems, the disclosure provides one optimizationdirection: inversion of the logical path of the index file. According toone specific embodiment of the disclosure, the logical path:s3bucket/job1/index1/object001 of a partition directory hierarchicalstructure of an original file is inverted and stored as a prefix form:s3bucket/object001/index1/job1 of the file in the object storage. FIG. 3shows a specific flow of inverting the logical path of the index file.S2 of the disclosure includes the following detailed steps.

S2.1: a path adaptation mechanism is added to retrieval logic of abottom layer of the OLAP engine, and logical path inversion of apartition directory hierarchical structure of the file is correspondedto a prefix of the file in the object storage, so that each fragmentobject has a unique prefix.

S2.2: after receiving the query request sent by the OLAP precomputationengine, the logical path of the index file is inverted through the pathadaptation mechanism, and the file corresponding to the prefix is readin the object storage.

Through utilization of the optimization method in S2, the index fileshit by the query are distributed in different prefixes as much aspossible. Through parallel read, the read performance may be optimizedfor the object storage on the basis of not influencing an upper-layerapplication, sub-second-level query under large data volume is realized,the multi-instance aggregation throughput of the OLAP engine ismaximized, the utilization rate of a network interface is improved tothe greatest extent, and the Tb-level transmission rate per second maybe obtained.

S3: when the OLAP precomputation engine implements read, deletion, andwrite operations in the object storage, data consistency is checked.

Amazon S3 provides read-after-write consistency for newly constructing anew object. the object can be read only after the object is completelywritten to a physical storage. Final consistency is provided for updateand deletion operations, that is, reading the object during operationreturns old data, and Amazon S3 does not provide a lock mechanism. Whenconcurrent write is performed, the last write is taken as the reference.Aiming at the characteristic, in S3 of the disclosure, the OLAP engineadds the retry mechanism when reading the object and reasonably controlsretry interval speed increase. In one specific embodiment of thedisclosure, the retry mechanism refers to an Exponential Backoffmechanism of Google. In order to realize the high consistency of thedata, in S3 of the disclosure, adjustment is performed aiming at anS3FileSystem Application Program Interface (API) interface, and logicalverification is added to the read operation, the deletion operation andthe write operation in each step so as to check the data consistency.Whether the file exists is checked before reading, whether the file doesnot exist is checked again after deleting the object, and when an objectis newly constructed, if the file exists, the object can be newlyconstructed only after deleting the object. FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 may morevisually embody a data consistency check flow of three operations.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the operation that a read operation is performedand data consistency is checked includes the following detailed steps.

S3.1.1: whether a file exists is checked; if the file does not exist,S3.1.2 is executed; and if the file exists, S3.1.4 is executed.

S3.1.2: whether the number of retries set by a retry mechanism isexceeded is judged; if the number of retries is not exceeded, S3.1.3 isexecuted; and if the number of retries is exceeded, the read operationis ended.

S3.1.3: waiting is performed according to a retry interval controlled bya system, S3.1.1 is returned to, and whether the file exists is checkedagain.

S3.1.4: a file read operation is executed.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the operation that a deletion operation isperformed and data consistency is checked includes the followingdetailed steps.

S3.2.1: a deletion command is executed.

S3.2.2: whether the file exists is checked; if the file exists, S3.2.1is returned to execute the deletion command again; and if the file doesnot exist, the deletion operation is ended.

As shown in FIG. 6 , the operation that a deletion operation isperformed and data consistency is checked includes the followingdetailed steps.

S3.3.1: whether the file exists is checked; if the file exists, S3.3.2is executed; and if the file does not exist, S3.3.3 is executed.

S3.3.2: a deletion command is executed; and S3.3.1 is returned to checkwhether the file exists again.

S3.3.3: a write command is executed.

S3.3.4: waiting is performed until the write command is finished.

S.3.3.5: whether the file exists is checked again; if the file does notexist, S3.3.3 is returned to execute the write command again; and if thefile exists, it is verified that the write operation is completed andending is performed.

In a specific implementation, any one of S1, S2 and S3 of the disclosuremay be used alone or any two steps are combined to solve the technicalproblems.

Embodiment 2

An embodiment 2 of the disclosure, as shown in FIG. 7 , provides an OLAPprecomputation engine optimization system based on an object storage,applying the above OLAP precomputation engine optimization method basedon an object storage, including at least one of a file renamingconversion module, an inverted path conversion module, and a dataconsistency check module.

The file renaming conversion module is configured to match a mappingrelationship of a file before and after renaming through a file mappingtable added to a metadata layer, and reduce a renaming operation on abottom layer of a file system.

The inverted path conversion module is configured to add a pathadaptation mechanism to retrieval logic of the bottom layer of an OLAPengine, correspond logical path inversion of a partition directoryhierarchical structure of the file to a prefix of the file in the objectstorage, and implement rapid query and reading of the object storage.

The data consistency check module is configured to add logicalverification to a read operation, a deletion operation, and a writeoperation and check data consistency.

Embodiment 3

An embodiment 3 of the disclosure provides a storage medium having acomputer program stored therein. The computer program is executed toexecute the OLAP precomputation engine optimization method based on anobject storage of the embodiment 1.

Embodiment 4

The disclosure provides an OLAP precomputation engine optimizationmethod based on an object storage, including the following operations.

Operation instruction information is received, and any one operation ofa read operation, a deletion operation, and a write operation isperformed based on the operation instruction information.

Before performing an ending step of the deletion operation and the writeoperation, whether an object file exists is checked, if the object fileexists, whether the object file does not exist is checked again afterdeleting the object file, the subsequent ending step can be executedonly after checking that the object file does not exist.

When performing the read operation, whether the object file exists ischecked, if the object file exists, the file is read, and if the objectfile does not exist, a retry is performed.

The operation that when performing the read operation, whether theobject file exists is checked, if the object file exists, the file isread, and if the object file does not exist, a retry is performedincludes the following operations.

Whether the file exists is checked; if the file does not exist, S3.1.2is executed; and if the file exists, S3.1.4 is executed.

S3.1.2: whether the number of retries set by a retry mechanism isexceeded is judged; if the number of retries is not exceeded, S3.1.3 isexecuted; and if the number of retries is exceeded, the read operationis ended.

S3.1.3: waiting is performed according to a retry interval controlled bya system, S3.1.1 is returned to, and whether the file exists is checkedagain.

S3.1.4: a file read operation is executed.

Further before performing an ending step of the deletion operation andthe write operation, whether an object file exists is checked, if theobject file exists, whether the object file does not exist is checkedagain after deleting the object file, the following ending step can beexecuted only after checking that the object file does not exist.

S3.2.1: a deletion command is executed.

S3.2.2: whether the file exists is checked; if the file exists, S3.2.1is returned to execute the deletion command again; and if the file doesnot exist, the deletion operation is ended.

Before performing an ending step of the deletion operation and the writeoperation, whether an object file exists is checked, if the object fileexists, whether the object file does not exist is checked again afterdeleting the object file, the following ending step can be executed onlyafter checking that the object file does not exist.

S3.3.1: whether the file exists is checked; if the file exists, S3.3.2is executed; and if the file does not exist, S3.3.3 is executed.

S3.3.2: a deletion command is executed; and S3.3.1 is returned to checkwhether the file exists again.

S3.3.3: a write command is executed.

S3.3.4: waiting is performed until the write command is finished.

S.3.3.5: whether the file exists is checked again; if the file does notexist, S3.3.3 is returned to execute the write command again; and if thefile exists, it is verified that the write operation is completed andending is performed.

Further, the following steps are included.

S1.1: on an application level of the OLAP engine, in a process ofmodifying and constructing a model and a new index, a file renamingmapping table is added to a metadata layer.

S1.2: after receiving a renaming request for renaming a file A as a fileB sent by the OLAP precomputation engine, a mapping relationship isadded between the file A before renaming and the file B after renamingto a file mapping table of the metadata layer.

S1.3: after receiving a query request for querying the file B sent bythe OLAP precomputation engine, the mapping relationship between thefile A and the file B is queried in the file renaming mapping table ofthe metadata layer, a record matched with the file B is converted intothe file A, and the file A is read in the object storage.

Further, the following steps are included.

S2.1: a path adaptation mechanism is added to retrieval logic of abottom layer of the OLAP engine, and logical path inversion of apartition directory hierarchical structure of the file is correspondedto a prefix of the file in the object storage.

S2.2: after receiving the query request sent by the OLAP precomputationengine, the logical path of the index file is inverted through the pathadaptation mechanism, and the file corresponding to the prefix is readin the object storage.

Embodiment 5

The disclosure provides an OLAP precomputation engine optimizationmethod based on an object storage, including the following operations.

A file renaming mapping table is added to an OLAP engine.

After receiving a renaming request for renaming a file A as a file Bsent by the OLAP precomputation engine, a mapping relationship betweenthe file A before renaming and the file B after renaming is added to afile mapping table of the metadata layer.

After receiving a query request for querying the file B sent by the OLAPprecomputation engine, the mapping relationship between the file A andthe file B is queried in the file renaming mapping table of the metadatalayer, a record matched with the file B is converted into the file A,and the file A is read in the object storage.

Embodiment 6

The disclosure provides an OLAP precomputation engine optimizationmethod based on an object storage, including a receiving module, a firstchecking module and a second checking module.

The receiving module is configured to receive operation instructioninformation, and perform any one operation of a read operation, adeletion operation, and a write operation based on the operationinstruction information.

The first checking module is configured to, before performing an endingstep of the deletion operation and the write operation, check whether anobject file exists, if the object file exists, check whether the objectfile does not exist again after deleting the object file, wherein thesubsequent ending step can be executed only after checking that theobject file does not exist.

The second checking module is configured to, responsive to performingthe read operation, check whether the object file exists, if the objectfile exists, read the file, and if the object file does not exist,perform a retry.

Embodiment 7

The disclosure provides an OLAP precomputation engine optimizationmethod based on an object storage, including a mapping table addingmodule, a mapping relationship adding module, and a matching module.

The mapping table adding module is configured to add a file renamingmapping table to an OLAP engine.

The mapping relationship adding module is configured to, after receivinga renaming request for renaming a file A as a file B sent by the OLAPprecomputation engine, add a mapping relationship between the file Abefore renaming and the file B after renaming to a file mapping table ofthe metadata layer.

The matching module is configured to, after receiving a query requestfor querying the file B sent by the OLAP precomputation engine, querythe mapping relationship between the file A and the file B in the filerenaming mapping table of the metadata layer, convert a record matchedwith the file B into the file A, and read the file A in the objectstorage.

Embodiment 7

The disclosure provides an electronic device, including: at least oneprocessor, and a memory in communication connection with the at leastone processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program executableby the at least one processor, the computer program being executed bythe at least one processor, so that the at least one processor executesvarious methods possibly designed by the embodiment 1, embodiment 2,embodiment 3, embodiment 4 and embodiment 5 of the disclosure.

According to one specific embodiment of the disclosure, the constructionand query performance before using the optimization method provided bythe disclosure and after using the optimization method provided by thedisclosure is respectively tested and compared, the constructionperformance after the optimization is verified, the performance is notobviously lost under the situation of ensuring the data consistency, andthe speed is obviously improved under the high concurrency complexquery.

The above descriptions are preferred embodiments of the presentapplication only and are not intended to limit the present application.Various modifications and alterations of the present application willoccur to those skilled in the art. Any modifications, equivalents,improvements, and the like made within the spirit and principle of thepresent application are included within the protection scope the presentapplication.

1. An Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) precomputation engineoptimization method based on an object storage, comprising the followingsteps: S1: reducing an object renaming operation in the object storage;S2: responsive to the fact that an OLAP precomputation engine implementsquery in the object storage, inverting a logical path of an index file;and S3: responsive to the fact that the OLAP precomputation engineimplements read, deletion, and write operations in the object storage,checking data consistency.
 2. The OLAP precomputation engineoptimization method based on an object storage of claim 1, wherein S1comprises the following detailed steps: S1.1: on an application level ofthe OLAP engine, in a process of modifying and constructing a model anda new index, adding a file renaming mapping table to a metadata layer;S1.2: after receiving a renaming request for renaming a file A as a fileB sent by the OLAP precomputation engine, adding a mapping relationshipbetween the file A before renaming and the file B after renaming to afile mapping table of the metadata layer; and S1.3: after receiving aquery request for querying the file B sent by the OLAP precomputationengine, querying the mapping relationship between the file A and thefile B in the file renaming mapping table of the metadata layer,converting a record matched with the file B into the file A, and readingthe file A in the object storage.
 3. The OLAP precomputation engineoptimization method based on an object storage of claim 1, wherein S2comprises the following detailed steps: S2.1: adding a path adaptationmechanism to retrieval logic of a bottom layer of the OLAP engine, andcorresponding logical path inversion of a partition directoryhierarchical structure of the file to a prefix of the file in the objectstorage; and S2.2: after receiving the query request sent by the OLAPprecomputation engine, inverting the logical path of the index filethrough the path adaptation mechanism, and reading the filecorresponding to the prefix in the object storage.
 4. The OLAPprecomputation engine optimization method based on an object storage ofclaim 1, wherein in S3 of checking data consistency, responsive to thefact that the OLAP engine reads an object, a retry mechanism forcontrolling retry interval speed increase is added.
 5. The OLAPprecomputation engine optimization method based on an object storage ofclaim 1, wherein in S3 of checking data consistency, logicalverification is added to the read operation, the deletion operation andthe write operation, whether the file exists being checked beforereading, whether the file does not exist being checked again afterdeleting the object, and responsive to new construction of an object, ifthe file exists, the object being newly constructed only after deletingthe object.
 6. The OLAP precomputation engine optimization method basedon an object storage of claim 5, wherein S3 of implementing a readoperation and checking data consistency comprises the following detailedsteps: S3.1.1: checking whether a file exists; if the file does notexist, executing S3.1.2; if the file exists, executing S3.1.4; S3.1.2:judging whether the number of retries set by a retry mechanism isexceeded; if the number of retries is not exceeded, executing S3.1.3; ifthe number of retries is exceeded, ending the read operation; S3.1.3:waiting according to a retry interval controlled by a system, returningto S3.1.1, and checking whether the file exists again; and S3.1.4:executing a file read operation.
 7. The OLAP precomputation engineoptimization method based on an object storage of claim 5, wherein S3 ofimplementing a deletion operation and checking data consistencycomprises the following detailed steps: S3.2.1: executing a deletioncommand; and S3.2.2: checking whether the file exists; if the fileexists, returning to S3.2.1 to execute the deletion command again; andif the file does not exist, ending the deletion operation.
 8. The OLAPprecomputation engine optimization method based on an object storage ofclaim 5, wherein S3 of implementing a deletion operation and checkingdata consistency comprises the following detailed steps: S3.3.1:checking whether the file exists; if the file exists, executing S3.3.2;if the file does not exist, executing S3.3.3; S3.3.2: executing adeletion command; returning to S3.3.1 to check whether the file existsagain; S3.3.3: executing a write command; S3.3.4: waiting until thewrite command is finished; and S.3.3.5: checking whether the file existsagain; if the file does not exist, returning to S3.3.3 to execute thewrite command again; and if the file exists, verifying that the writeoperation is completed and ending.
 9. An Online Analytical Processing(OLAP) precomputation engine optimization method based on an objectstorage, comprising the steps of: receiving operation instructioninformation, and performing any one operation of a read operation, adeletion operation, and a write operation based on the operationinstruction information; before performing an ending step of thedeletion operation and the write operation, checking whether an objectfile exists, if the object file exists, checking whether the object filedoes not exist again after deleting the object file, wherein thesubsequent ending step only can be executed after checking that theobject file does not exist; and responsive to performing the readoperation, checking whether the object file exists, if the object fileexists, reading the file, and if the object file does not exist,performing a retry. 10-11. (canceled)
 12. The OLAP precomputation engineoptimization method based on an object storage of claim 9, whereinresponsive to performing the read operation, checking whether the objectfile exists, if the object file exists, reading the file, and if theobject file does not exist, performing a retry comprises: checkingwhether the file exists; if the file does not exist, executing S3.1.2;if the file exists, executing S3.1.4; S3.1.2: judging whether the numberof retries set by a retry mechanism is exceeded; if the number ofretries is not exceeded, executing S3.1.3; if the number of retries isexceeded, ending the read operation; S3.1.3: waiting according to aretry interval controlled by a system, returning to S3.1.1, and checkingwhether the file exists again; and S3.1.4: executing a file readoperation.
 13. The OLAP precomputation engine optimization method basedon an object storage of claim 9, wherein before performing an endingstep of the deletion operation and the write operation, checking whetheran object file exists, if the object file exists, checking whether theobject file does not exist again after deleting the object file, whereinthe following step only can be executed after checking that the objectfile does not exist comprises S3.2.1: executing a deletion command; andS3.2.2: checking whether the file exists; if the file exists, returningto S3.2.1 to execute the deletion command again; and if the file doesnot exist, ending the deletion operation.
 14. The OLAP precomputationengine optimization method based on an object storage of claim 9,wherein before performing an ending step of the deletion operation andthe write operation, checking whether an object file exists, if theobject file exists, checking whether the object file does not existagain after deleting the object file, wherein the following step onlycan be executed after checking that the object file does not exist:S3.3.1: checking whether the file exists; if the file exists, executingS3.3.2; if the file does not exist, executing S3.3.3; S3.3.2: executinga deletion command; returning to S3.3.1 to check whether the file existsagain; S3.3.3: executing a write command; S3.3.4: waiting until thewrite command is finished; and S.3.3.5: checking whether the file existsagain; if the file does not exist, returning to S3.3.3 to execute thewrite command again; and if the file exists, verifying that the writeoperation is completed and ending.
 15. The OLAP precomputation engineoptimization method based on object storage of claim 9, comprising:S1.1: on an application level of the OLAP engine, in a process ofmodifying and constructing a model and a new index, adding a filerenaming mapping table to a metadata layer; S1.2: after receiving arenaming request for renaming a file A as a file B sent by the OLAPprecomputation engine, adding a mapping relationship between the file Abefore renaming and the file B after renaming to a file mapping table ofthe metadata layer; and S1.3: after receiving a query request forquerying the file B sent by the OLAP precomputation engine, querying themapping relationship between the file A and the file B in the filerenaming mapping table of the metadata layer, converting a recordmatched with the file B into the file A, and reading the file A in theobject storage.
 16. The OLAP precomputation engine optimization methodbased on object storage of claim 9, comprising: S2.1: adding a pathadaptation mechanism to retrieval logic of a bottom layer of the OLAPengine, and corresponding logical path inversion of a partitiondirectory hierarchical structure of the file to a prefix of the file inthe object storage; and S2.2: after receiving the query request sent bythe OLAP precomputation engine, inverting the logical path of the indexfile through the path adaptation mechanism, and reading the filecorresponding to the prefix in the object storage.
 17. AR storage mediumhaving a computer program stored therein, wherein the computer programis executed to execute the Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)precomputation engine optimization method based on an object storage, ofclaim
 1. 18-20. (canceled)